How Ukraine created world-leading prostheses amid the chaos of warTue, 01 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Injuries from the war in Ukraine have forced the country to develop highly advanced prostheses and fit them in record numbers. What can the rest of the world learn from its efforts? | |
The first signs of dark matter particles may finally have been spottedTue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, but for decades physicists haven’t been able to directly observe it – that may have just changed | |
The UK just had its hottest summer everTue, 01 Sep 2026 13:39:25 +0000 The average temperature in the UK in June, July and August 2026 has eclipsed the record set in summer 2025, and the record-breaking heat was made 130 times more likely by human-caused climate change | |
Mountain warming means there will be more disasters like the Nepal floodTue, 01 Sep 2026 12:49:16 +0000 Mountainous regions across the planet are warming especially fast, melting the ice that glues rocky slopes and glaciers together | |
The best new science-fiction books of September 2026Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 From China Miéville to Brandon Sanderson via a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, there are some really huge names with new sci-fi novels out this month - as well as a new Doctor Who tale, says Alison Flood | |
How our bodies adapt to extreme temperatures – until it gets too hotMon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000 No matter where you’re from, there are things you can do to cope better with extreme temperatures. But it takes work to stop our bodies’ adaptations from slipping backwards over winter, and there are limits to how far we can go | |
Should we all be taking low doses of lithium to prevent Alzheimer’s?Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Animal studies have shown that lithium orotate could help stave off dementia, and a human trial is about to start to see if the effects hold. Columnist Alice Klein takes a look at the benefits and downsides of lithium | |
Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predatorFri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism | |
NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launchFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launches on 30 August, will observe space with the same detail as the Hubble Space Telescope, but over a much larger area | |
Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxyFri, 28 Aug 2026 10:48:00 +0000 A newfound star called S301 is both the fastest ever seen and the closest to a supermassive black hole –and it could make bafflingly difficult tests of gravity possible at last | |